Ah, I missed a couple promo images for octo earlier. The first one is from the DLC site, and the second one is... just on the wiki, I don't know where it's actually from.

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From the trailer I was thinking octogirl's shoes are Zombie Hi-Horses, but with a better look I think they're unreleased ones.

Also the uh... microlife headphones are kinda clipping through octoboy's mohawk. >.> Interestingly, the official render shows them underneath the mohawk like it's loose, so I expect it to just flail around and get in his eyes.

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Our research appears to be on the nose this time: the H-3 Nozzlenose D to be precise – available tonight! This version of the H-3 Nozzlenose has the same stats, but new flair. This is very handy when showing it off to your friends…not that scientists such as myself value such things…harrumph. Rounding out the kit are Suction Bombs (which we hear really “suck” for your opponent) and Ink Armor to help the fortitude of your fellow squid-mates.

Finished watching LP of Splatoon, definitely see why people like it now, and now I can also play Splatoon 2 without being lost!
Sucks though 'cuz I couldn't hear the OST because the guy was talking all the time.

Finished watching LP of Splatoon, definitely see why people like it now, and now I can also play Splatoon 2 without being lost!
Sucks though 'cuz I couldn't hear the OST because the guy was talking all the time.

I recommend checking out the soundtrack on YouTube when you've got the time. It's some good stuff.

Uhh juggle this playlist and this playlist. First one has more songs but doesn't have Chirpy Chips, second one is missing some songs (notably the ones with multiple variants like Octo Valley) but tells you what in-game bands they are.

Both of them also have a couple songs in translated Japanese names, but they got the JP names for different songs between the two playlists...?

Splatoon 2's soundtrack is overall better... Octocool's pretty good but I think Turquoise October is less "wacky for the sake of it" and less super-energized. Squid Squad is mediocre, Wet Floor is way better. Off The Hook also have a better roster of songs than Squid Sisters, though I still think Ink Me Up is the best (OG Calamari Inkantation is seriously overrated, fight me).

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The story of Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion unfolds in a huge test facility deep underground. Who made this facility and for what purpose is veiled in mystery. The area is completely isolated from the outside world, as if time stopped long ago. Objects from the old world drift here and there, like relics of a bygone past.

Our protagonist doesn't even have a real name. Their name is a number.

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The protagonist in Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion is No. 10,008, aka Agent 8. Agent 8 has lost its memory—it doesn’t remember who it is or how it ended up underground. While it seems that most Ocarians are pure evil, it appears this one has had its very nature changed somehow by having heard the Squid Sisters’ Calamari Inkantation. It’s up to you to help this lost Octoling escape from this mysterious subterranean world.

Also who else is uncomfortable by the fact Agent 8 is referred to as "it"? Or is it just me?

Those look like translations of the Japanese tweets, like what it'd look like if I cleaned up the broken english I got when I ran them through Google Translate. Pretty sure Japan has a gender-neutral word equivalent to he/she, I'm guessing that's translated as "it" here.

I did not look at "No. 10008" as the proper name of Agent 8. That would cast the experiments as very long-running, and definitely not Cuttlefish's doing. That does tie into a couple of the other tweets, so have some broken english.

【Octo】 The story of the story is a huge experiment facility deep underground.
Everything is mysterious as to who, for what purpose it made.
It seems as if the time has stopped as it seems to be a space separated from the outside world.

[Octo] "Station" where the deep sea Metro stops.
Each station is directly connected to the experimental facility, and the mechanism of that hand attacks No. 8.
There are various stages of accomplishment depending on the station, there seems to be a stage to challenge only with special weapons.
Leverage various buki and techniques and aim for the ground!

As for the residents of the area:

【Octo】 It is indispensable for the movement of the underground world, this metro "Deep Sea Metro".
The underground ecosystem seems to have evolved independently in a closed space, and the appearance of passengers is quite different from the residents on the ground.
It looks a little scary, but it seems not to be bad people.

Those look like translations of the Japanese tweets, like what it'd look like if I cleaned up the broken english I got when I ran them through Google Translate. Pretty sure Japan has a gender-neutral word equivalent to he/she, I'm guessing that's translated as "it" here.

I did not look at "No. 10008" as the proper name of Agent 8. That would cast the experiments as very long-running, and definitely not Cuttlefish's doing. That does tie into a couple of the other tweets, so have some broken english.

Admittedly I got this info from the official Splatoon Tumblr. So the whole broken English thing can be traced back to there.

On a side note, I've been taking the Mini Splatling out for a spin and I love how fast it is. I do like the normal Splatlings but my only complaint about them is that I don't like how slow it is. At least for me. I like how fast it charges, how fast it fires and how fast it covers ground.

Hell, didn't the Inkling protagonist have no name either? Cap'n Cuttlefish and Marie reply to them as the "Agents" and say "I'm going to take your moment of silence as a yes." Further proof why the silent protagonist trope is overrated.

The silent protagonist can be done right in some cases. Like, Link. Or maybe even Gordon Freeman. Barebones examples sure, but the reason why the Agents are silent is because they're our character or Inkling. And while they can be confirmed to be a boy or girl, the Inkling we create fills the void, they're silent yes, but only because it's our Inkling. It's why they don't say things. Nintendo isn't just going to go and write dialogue for the Agents just because the "silent protagonist trope is overrated".

That's why the Agents are silent. They're our way of experiencing Story Mode. And while they are part of the story, they're mostly a way of seeing the events of the story unfold.

Something to note from the Tumblr post
"While it seems that most Ocarians are pure evil, it appears this one has had its very nature changed somehow by having heard the Squid Sisters’ Calamari Inkantation"

This is also alluded to in one of the scrolls in Splatoon 2, apparently

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It basically talks about how those Octarians who heard the Calamari Inkantation in Splatoon 1 were changed forever, and you can see Marina in the crowd. So, it appears the implications at all Octarians are Brainwashed (Except Octavio) are strong as shit

Been trying to get back into Splatoon for the octo expansion and holy shit
I really really wish I could play the ranked game modes unranked.
I find them really fun and all, but I just about cried when, after a 5 game losing streak, I had 2 idiots pulling a fuckin' party behind the spawn while the enemy team rides the tower to victory. I got demoted for that.